25 September 2006

How do you say "googly" in Mandarin?*

China is planning to get serious about cricket. Let's hope they never get test status. How would England cope?

Of course Rupert Murdoch is probably salivating over the idea of a test series between China (pop. 1.3 billion and world's most populous country) and India (pop. 1.1 billion and soon to be the world's most populous nation) given that he has significant media investments in both.

*Note: I can't find a translation but the name for cricket in Mandarin is either shen shi yun dong (the noble game) or ban qiu (球棒 - bat ball).

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